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wóh

(n.)
Grammar
wóh, gen. wóges, wós; dot. wóge, wó; n.

Wrongperversityinjusticeerrorwrongfullywrongly

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On wóh spanan, Salm. Kmbl. 1002 ; Sal. 502. Sóna swá sacerda hwylc hwone on wóh gesyhð, hé sceal tilian ðæt hé hyne on rihtum gebrynge, L. E. I. 28 ; Th. ii. 424, 26. Weorþeþ (-aþ, MS. ) swíþe oft on wón (in error) se sido, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 4.

irsung

(n.)
Grammar
irsung, e; f.

Angerirascibility

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Anger, readiness to anger, irascibility Twá ðara gecyndu habbaþ nétenu swá same swá men óðer ðara is wilnung óðor is irsung two of those natures beasts have the same as men, one of them is desire, the other is anger, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 6.

Linked entry: eorsung

gód

(n.)
Grammar
gód, es; n.
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Weán dreógan, góda bedǽled, Sat. 186. Fremde from eallum ðǽm gódum þe þú ús gegearwodest, Bl. H. 233, 32. Hingriende hé mid gódum gefylde, Lk. 1, 53: B. 1861.

faran

to traveljourneyto marchto goto godepartto gomoveto goflyto cometo pass awaydepartto go onpractisehappenturn out

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Th. ii. 388, 5. of things and animals Æceras farað on sumera swá swá ýðigende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 295, 11. Ealle gesceafta, sunne and móna and ealle tunglan, land and , and nýtenu, ealle hí farað æfter Godes dihte, Hml.

Linked entry: farnian

un-æþele

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþele, adj.

not nobleignoblemeaninfamous

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Unaeðilra (-sa, MS., aedilra, Ep. Erf.) gregariorum, Txts. 67, 993. Unæþelra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 7.

CEÓSAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEÓSAN, ciósan, ic ceóse, ðú ceósest, cýst, he ceóseþ, cýst, císt, ceósaþ; ic, he ceás, cés, ðú cure,curon; ceós, ceósaþ; coren; v. a.

to CHOOSE, select, electlegere, seligere, eligereto acceptoblatum accipere, accipere

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Ceósan us eard in wuldre may we choose us a dwelling in glory, Cd. 217; Th. 277, 14; Sat. 204. Ðæt he óðer líf cure that he chose another life, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 6. Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the funeral pile, Beo.

FÍF

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
FÍF, generally indecl

FIVEquinque

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Sax. fíf, víf: Frs. fyf: O. Frs. fif: Dut. vijf: Ger. fünf: M. H. Ger. vunf, vünf: O. H. Ger. fimf, finf: Goth. fimf, fif: Dan. Swed. fem: Icel. fimm: Corn. pemp: Lat. quinque: Grk. πέντε ; Æolic πέμπε: Sansk. panćan.]

Linked entry: fífe

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Dauid sang be his gehwyrftnesse of his wræcsíðe, Ps. Th. 22, arg. Hé is swíþe sárig for ðínum earfoþum and for ðínum wræcsíþe, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 19. Of wræcsíðe lǽdan. Exon. Th. 143, 12 ; Gú. 660.

á-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
á-bregdan, -brédan.
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Voc. ii. 144, 75 : Sal. 164. Abrogden vulsum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 55 : Ps. Th. 108, 28. Swelce ðú hæbbe ðá duru ábróden (cf. on-bregdan) as if you had flung open the door. Bt. 35, 3 ; F. 160, 5. Ábródenes retecti, An.

Linked entry: á-brédan

beran

to carrybringto bearto sufferto carryfruit

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Stánas ne sint berende, Sal. K. p. 186, 30. Sý swá boren swá hé sý whatever his birth be, Ll. Th. i. 248, 4

eáca

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</b> addition to something :-- Tó eácan mínum sáre in augmentum mei doloris, Gr. D. 6, 20. Ic fíftýne geár þé tó fyrste lǽte ðínum dagum tó eácan, Hml. S. 18, 429. Þæt gástlicum mægenum gearwige eácen ( incrementum ), Scint. 209, 12.

geat

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(b a) the enclosure a city :-- Mihton geseón Winceastre leódan here ꝥ hí be hyra gate tó eódon, Chr. 1006 ; P. 137, ii. Binnan þám gatum ( of Derby ), 921; P. 101, 30. Hí betýndon þǽre ceastre gatu, Bl. H. 241, 11.

hleóþor

(adj.)

a soundnoisevoice

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Ðeáh ðe . . . ánra gehwylc . . . hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, and ealra býmena gehwylc hæbbe .xii. hleóðor, and hleóðra gehwylc sý heofone heárre and helle deópre, ðonne géna ðæs hálgan cantices se gyldena organ hé hý ealle ofer-hleóðeð, Sal.

leás

Grammar
leás, <b>. II.</b>
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( Satan ), Sat. 727. Sió óðru wyrd is leás and beswícþ ealle hire geféran illa fortuna fallit Bt. 20 ; F. 70, 33. Fram leásum áþume geypt a pellaci genero proditus An. Ox. 2377. Leásum perfido (fratre ), 5068.

niht

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Niht bið wedera þeóstrost, Sal. 310. Tó (on) middre nihte medio tempore noctis, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 9, 17. On wanre niht, B. 702. On nieht, Past. 365, 16. Wintercealdan niht, An. 1267. <b>I a.

Cynríc

(n.)
Grammar
Cynríc, es; m.

Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. vCynrīcus

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Cerdices óra ] and on the same day they fought against the Welsh, Chr. 495; Th. 24, 26-33. Hér Cerdic forþférde, and Cynríc his sunu rícsode forþ xxvi wintra in this year [A.

incer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
incer, adj. pron. 2nd person dual.
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Dǽlan somwist incre [Hagar and Sarah], Cd. 104; Th. 137, 27; Gen. 2280. Fyllaþ eorþan incre [Adam and Eve] cynne, 10; Th. 13, 4; Gen. 197

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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Se sang in ymbhwyrfte ymbsealde ðæt hús, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45. Mé ymbsealdon ( circumdederunt ) þeóde, Ps. Th. 117, 10, 12. Ymbsaldun (ym-, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 28. Hí mé útan ymbsealdan, Ps. Th. 87, 17. Úton ymbsele circumda Kent. Gl. 157.

á-cennan

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., where the product is of the same kind as the producer, in reference to men or animals Tó ácennene ad propagandam An. Ox. 1400. Ácennende wæs enixa est Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 38. Ácenned cretus 21, 23. Ðæs ácendan engles mægen, Bl. H. 165, 5.

Linked entry: on-cennan

ge-léd

(n.; v.)
Grammar
ge-léd, ge-loed, ge-leód, gloed glosses catasta (
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&para; the same obscure word seems intended in the following two (not independent) glosses :-- Gæleð catesta, Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 24: ii. 17, 5.

Linked entries: ge-loed gæleþ